Aké (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Wole Soyinka
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1934-1945
- Setting: Abeokuta, Nigeria
- Principal Characters: Wole Soyinka, S. A. (Essay), Eniola (Wild Christian), Tinu, Folasade, Dipo, Daodu Kuti, Beere Kuti
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Culture, Children, Family or family life, Africa or Africans, Tradition, Politics, Authors or writers, Youth
- Locales: Nigeria
Form and Content
The winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, Wole Soyinka has maintained his prominence as an international man of letters since the 1950’s, when he began writing radio plays. Soyinka’s first autobiography, The Man Died (1972), relates his two years of political imprisonment, from 1967 to 1969, during the Biafran War. In Ake: The Years of Childhood Soyinka remembers his first eleven years, living at Abeokuta and visiting his grandparents at Isara. The work is important for its portrayal of a Yoruba Christian home before and during World...
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